Leadership

Our Story

In 2009, Kurt and Dave quit their jobs to co-found a bootstrapped startup called Ethercycle. While our original idea wasn't the brilliant million dollar idea we promised our families it would be, it did set us on the course to become one of Chicago's tech elite. After pivoting from our original startup venture, we've become of the few web design teams in the city of Chicago with both design skills and business acumen (and some serious opinions on what it takes to succeed online.)

We have forged affiliations with local creative agencies which have let us build damn good websites for Verizon, the NFL, and other national brands. Those relationships work both ways, and have enabled us to provide our clients with access to industry-leading marketing tools and man power. As a result, we've been able to specialize in high-end responsive websites that generate serious revenue. We're talking 24.5% conversion lift on $7.2 million in annual sales serious.

The Reason for our Success is Simple

We put our clients in the strongest position to yield the best results from every visitor to their website. To do that, we've built relationships defined by honesty and trust. Our clients know we're working for them and their users' best interests. The websites we design and our award-winning team builds are the product of the highest level of optimization in the business. We're not just building websites, we're building competitive advantages.

The numbers speak for themselves.

Last year, the websites we designed received over 12 million visitors and $10 million in revenue. That wasn't an accident, it's by design. We know you need a positive return on your investment in addition to a well-designed and user-friendly website.

We want to share with you what we're doing to get the best possible results for our clients. Designing websites that achieve real goals has become intuitive to us. Developing businesses through online marketing is our passion, and we're second to none.